Four baby falcons banded at Rachel Carson building

Tuesday, May 13, 2014 3:38 PM

The Department of Environmental Protection hosts its annual falcon banding event in the auditorium of the Rachel Carson State Office Building where the birds have nested every year for the last 14 years. During the event, biologists weigh four young falcons, called eyases, and place a metal band with a falcon-specific code around each bird’s left leg. The band code will be used by wildlife officials and bird enthusiasts to monitor the birds after they leave the nest. A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service band will be placed on the eyases’ right leg, registering each on a federal banding database. One of the parent falcons watches from the ledge of the Rachel Carson building as the eyases are placed back in the nest. May 13, 2014